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January 2025

Solutionism, part 1
Chapter 5 of The Techno-Humanist Manifesto
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The future of humanity is in management
AI can dramatically expand human agency
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Links and short notes, 2025-01-26
Atlas Shrugged and the irreplaceable founder, pumping stations and civic pride, thoughts on the eve of AGI, skyways for the suburbs, and more
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Links and short notes, 2025-01-20
New magazines and podcasts, the printing press and the Internet, the ultimate form of travel, grand plans for San Francisco, an AI tutor for Nigeria…
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How sci-fi can have drama without dystopia or doomerism
Eight ways to have conflict in a future we actually want to live in
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Links and short notes, 2025-01-13
Comments on the wildfires, why kissing a nuclear waste cask is fine, one weird trick to fight NIMBYs, the case of the missing statues, Eli Dourado's…
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December 2024

2024 in review
What RPI and I were up to in the eighth year of this project
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Links and short notes, 2024-12-27
Clinical trial abundance, an AI course assistant, grid-scale fusion, “Live Gloriously,” off-grid solar for data centers, permitting vs. compliance…
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A progress policy agenda
My wishlist of policy goals to advance scientific, technological, and economic progress
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Links and short notes, 2024-12-16
Brain mapping, walkable cities, progress on the curriculum, and much more
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Biological risk from the mirror world
A new article voices concern about a line of research which could create a grave threat to humanity
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